Red Bull principal Christian Horner believes Juri Vips deserves a second chance to learn from the mistakes

Janmeyjay Shukla | 07/07/2022
Red Bull principal Christian Horner believes Juri Vips deserves a second chance to learn from the mistakes

Young Estonian driver Juri Vips is still in Red Bull’s plans despite his contract getting terminated by the team after a racism row on Twitch.

Red Bull terminated Juri Vips’ contract before the British Grand Prix weekend. He used a racial slur while playing Fortnite on a Twitch stream.

Formula One is currently the centre of attraction for all the wrong reasons. Three times world champion Nelson Piquet racially abused Lewis Hamilton while discussing the 2021 British Grand Prix.

Both Juri Vips and Nelson Piquet apologized for using offensive language. Moreover, Vips is still a member of Red Bull’s driver’s programme.

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Juri Vips deserves a second chance – Christian Horner

Red Bull has promoted Liam Lawson for the role of their test and reserve driver for the 2022 season. However, as reported previously, the 21-year-old driver is still in Red Bull’s programme.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner discussed Vips’ situation with the media. He expressed that the young driver deserves another chance to learn from his mistakes.

He added: “Vips is a young guy, a young kid. We will be supporting him even though he has had his agreement terminated from mental health and educational perspective. Hopefully, he will learn from it.”

Christian Horner on Vips driving for Hitech Grand Prix

Vips’ Formula 2 team Hitech Grand Prix announced that they will be continuing their association with the 21-year-old Estonian driver.

Christian Horner also addressed this shocking decision. He added: “That is their [Hitech’s] decision. We are not funding that drive in any way.”

In conclusion, Horner stated: “That is purely the choice of that Formula 2 team. They have their own reasons for the actions they have taken.”

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Janmeyjay Shukla

Janmeyjay Shukla is an artist who contributes his expressions through words as an F1 writer and editor at The SportsRush. He is an F1 historian who has been watching the sport since he was a baby. Passed on from generation to generation, he has seen the prime of Michael Schumacher to the rise of Max Verstappen. A Mercedes fan from the days of the Brawn GP era, the sport runs in his blood. Besides Formula One, Janmeyjay is a Marketing Head and a musician who loves to sing and play Rock & Pop songs on guitar. His love for sports will never die as he is a loyal Liverpool Football Club fan as well!

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